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I have different Firefox profiles for each version I have installed on my system and I know I can specify the profile name I want to use like this:

/Applications/Minefield.app/Contents/MacOS/firefox-bin -P minefield

Is it possible to create a dock icon or alias with additional parameters (just like in this article with shortcuts on windows)? That way I could have as many profiles as I want and wouldn't see the profile manager everytime I start the browser.

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It's a bit more work to do this on mac but this is what you want:

Managing Multiple Firefox Profiles in OS X

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Thanks, it works. The only thing I don't like is that I have two icons on my dock now. One for the launcher and one for the app itself. – Tomas Markauskas Nov 25 '09 at 17:22
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An alternative without using Script Editor, which is slow for me: Using Firefox profiles on Mac OS X. I just figured it out, so it would be nice to hear if it works for anybody else :)

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I suggest open -a Firefox.app --args [...] as it's more robust (installation path, binary name). – Daniel Beck Feb 11 '11 at 21:02
@DanielBeck: Thanks for the tip! Somehow I missed it when you posted it. Note to other readers: you will need the -n flag (as in open -n -a Firefox.app --args -no-remote -P ...) to open multiple instances, as by default open focuses the existing application. – Nickolay Jan 3 at 0:16
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